Rueda Standard

Ruedastandard is a collection of classic figures in Cuban Rueda de Casino. Figures that you commonly need to know to join a social rueda. You will find explanations and videos by clicking on the name of the figure, lists by category if you click on the cateogry.

Street rueda (Rueda de la calle) refers to the easy figures that you may pick up on the street or in a social rueda, as opposed to learning it at a dance school. These are short and fun figures to be used in typically a social rueda, on the street, at a party, and where the dancers might not know the figures already.

Several Rueda figures work well in combination with other figures. Sometimes it is called as one command, like “sombrero con mambo”. And sometimes the callers waits a little with the next part, to make it a little less predictable. Like “sombrero > con mambo”, where the >-sign indicates a break in the calling.

Some commands are modifiers, that may be combined with other Rueda commands. They do not represent a specific figure, but refers to another figure and modifies it.

When the command “… y al medio” is called, everyone gets into a position facing the center. Usually this is “enchufla y al medio”, but it could also be “vacílala y al medio” or similar. When everyone is facing the center (or facing out of the circle) the directions are usually given by derecha(= right) or izquierda (= left), rather than arriba / abajo.

Caminando means walking. This is a category of commands that keep the rueda walking / rotating continously. To speed up the rotation you may hear the caller call Camina! (= walk), Anda! (= walk), Vamos! (= let’s go) or a similar spanish word/phrase for get moving.

Street Rueda refers to the easy figures that you may pick up on the street or in a social rueda, as opposed to learning it at a dance school. These are short and fun figures to be used in typically a social rueda, on the street, at a party, and where the dancers might not know the figures already.

Several Rueda figures work well in combination with other figures. Sometimes it is called as one command, like “sombrero con mambo”. And sometimes the callers waits a little with the next part, to make it a little less predictable. Like “sombrero > con mambo”, where the >-sign indicates a break in the calling.

Some commands are modifiers, that may be combined with other Rueda commands. They do not represent a specific figure, but refers to another figure and modifies it.

For other figures in Rueda and Casino please see the archive of dance figures.